This. If he was Secretary of Commerce, who gives a ****? But can't happen at the CIA. At the very least you have to disclose it, and at that point I'm sure he thought **** it, I'll resign. Not exactly a good example to set.

Shows poor judgement, but sad to see him go like this.

Well honorable men still make mistakes, and honorable men take responsibility for them.

As more information comes to the light about the Obama administration's Benghazi cover-up, a former Navy SEAL officer who once took a military detachment to Libya suggests President Barack Obama was either AWOL -- essentially an "empty chair" -- or deliberately denied Americans under siege in Benghazi the aid they needed by not authorizing "cross-border authority," without which rescue operations could have taken place.

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General David Petraeus has said the stand-down order did not come from the CIA and, as Bracken notes, "only the national security team at the White House" outranks the CIA. "That means President Obama, and nobody else," Bracken writes. "Petraeus is naming Obama without naming him."

There is more in the story above. As I understand it the chain of command is POTUS-DNI-Patreus. The DNI could be likened to the SecDef when talking about the Navy and Army. If someone has a clearer understanding of the chain of command please feel free to chime in.

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I know lots of conservatives were upset that the right wing media lied to them about the polls being skewed in Obama's favor. Has anyone started to realize that most of the other nonsense in the right wing media is bullshit propaganda as well? I'm looking at you listopencil. This stuff on Obama cackling with glee as Americans are killed in Benghazi, and then covering it up, is ridiculous to people outside the conservative news bubble.

I know lots of conservatives were upset that the right wing media lied to them about the polls being skewed in Obama's favor. Has anyone started to realize that most of the other nonsense in the right wing media is bullshit propaganda as well? I'm looking at you listopencil. This stuff on Obama cackling with glee as Americans are killed in Benghazi, and then covering it up, is ridiculous to people outside the conservative news bubble.

Cool, while you're looking at me read this: I'm a registered Libertarian. I don't live in the "bubble." I don't agree with Mitt Romeny's stances on a wide variety of issues. He wasn't my candidate. If you took the time to actually read what I posted instead of assuming that I am some kind of blinded partisan you'd see that. Not once have I even implied what you are saying here. I'm stating that the entire scenario stinks to high heaven. Before, during and after the fact.

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